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A suspect in the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby told a court yesterday: “I am a man, I am a soldier, I am a British citizen.”

Michael Adebolajo, 28, repeatedly interrupted his bail hearing at the Old Bailey to complain about being strip-searched, to accuse Mr Justice Sweeney of trying to “stifle the truth” and later to tell him that Allah would bless him for being “a brave judge and a righteous one, perhaps”.

Referred to as Mujahid Abu Hamza during the hearing, he appeared by video link from Belmarsh Prison flanked by two police officers in riot gear. He